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Music, when soft voices die, Vibrates in the memory Odors, when sweet violets sicken, Live within the sense they quicken.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Percy Bysshe Shelley
Age: 29 †
Born: 1792
Born: August 4
Died: 1822
Died: July 8
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Voice
Violet
Sense
Voices
Sicken
Music
Soft
Vibrates
Live
Memory
Quicken
Sweet
Violets
Memories
Vibrate
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Odor
Dies
Slumber

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